The Shaman Wants Transcendence

62 – The White Witch of Rumpelstiltshen

Despite the absence of Yoshiaki and Narumi, the festival went smoothly.

Since everything was already prepared, Jinseong only had to raise a spoon, and it was enough to replace the empty seat with others.

A mercenary filled the gap left by a soldier.

Rise filled the place Narumi was missing.

Jinseong filled the gap where Yoshiaki was missing.

However, it seemed to have not been completely replaced, but it creaked a little, but when Jinseong provided support with the items he brought, the dissatisfaction disappeared.

Oiling is a method that always shows results no matter where you go in the world.

Jinseong blocked the elements that could be problematic with the overwhelming power of capitalism.

Thus, the festival ended successfully.

But not everything was finished.

Another job was waiting for the mercenaries.

The last thing I enjoy sharing money and gold bars.

“Hey, employer. The amount of this is huge, is it okay to give 30%?”

The mercenary captain stuck out his tongue as if overwhelmed by the mountain of goods in front of him.

He held Yoshiaki’s almost rags of hair with one hand, and with the other he held a tactical light to illuminate the dark warehouse.

Items that had not seen the light of day for decades were being revealed by the powerful light from the tactical lighting, and it was not enough to describe their majesty as overwhelming.

“This is a complete bank…”

The vast underground warehouse was filled with all sorts of riches, enough to make me wonder if the robbers who went to rob the bank warehouse would see this kind of scenery.

The bonds were piled up to the ceiling, and the bills formed a hill. In addition, the jewels were well kept on the shelves so that they would not be damaged, but there were so many shelves that it was difficult to tell whether this was a secret storage room or a jewelry museum.

The highlight was the gold bar, which was piled up in such a huge amount that it made me wonder if the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States had this much gold bar. There was so much of it that I had to wear sunglasses because the light reflected off the gold bars dazzled my eyes.

I wondered if it might be the Yamash*ta treasure from the urban legend.

“Hey. Treasure hunters will roll their eyes when they see this.”

The mercenary captain felt intimidated by the mountain of money in front of him, but he smiled as if he was happy at the thought of being distributed. However, even then, he seemed to doubt that his employer’s mind might change if he sneakily looked at Jinseong.

Didn’t he say that when he goes to the bathroom and when he comes out, his mind is different?

It wasn’t uncommon to see those who regretted the huge amount of money they had to pay after making good use of the mercenaries. In particular, the money found in this warehouse was not promised when they first hired them, so if Jin-seong wiped his mouth, it could have been quite embarrassing.

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For Jinseong or for the mercenaries.

As if to reassure the mercenary leader who was watching him, Jin-seong slowly opened his mouth.

“The promise will be fulfilled. Paper money, bonds, gold bars, jewels. 30% of these four things are yours.”

The mercenary commander’s worries ended in vain.

Jinseong once again confirmed that he would keep his promise.

He does not end with affirmations, butHe lifted them into the air and threw them at the mercenaries.

“Wow!”

“100 million!”

“Wait! Gold bars are flying too fast!”

The mercenaries laughed as if they were in a good mood even though they were embarrassed by the dream-like event of treasure flying to them. The price of torture was paid like that, and the mercenary commander saluted Jinseong as if thanking him for keeping his promise.

Then, he shouted at the mercenaries who were looking at the goods that came into my arms.

“Guys! Payment is over! Let’s go!”

Then, the mercenaries moved in perfect order and took the treasures they had gathered and went out.

“Hey, it’s neat, it’s neat.”

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had an employer who gives money so coolly.”

“It’s so refreshing to meet someone like that after only meeting people who are so filthy.”

“It would have been terrible if I hadn’t given it.”

Jinseong laughed at their voices as they chatted and went out.

‘Okay. If I said no, something terrible would have happened.’

The money used to hire mercenaries is the price of their lives and their value.

To not give it away is tantamount to throwing their lives and values into filth.

That’s why when hiring mercenaries, be sure.

He had to pay the price of his life.

‘The contract must be kept.’

For mercenaries, the cost of their lives was the cost of hiring them, and at the same time a leash on their necks.

The moment they know that it is not being paid, the leash is untied and their sharp fangs are driven into the neck of their employer.

If he doesn’t pay, he turns into a thief who strikes and kills the client for violating the contract and plunders his property.

‘There were a lot of idiots who thought they could get away with it. How foolish they are, indeed…’

Isn’t that the original strength?

It’s self-defense when it’s in your own hands, but it becomes violence when it’s in someone else’s hands.

The same goes for mercenaries.

If you keep the contract, you are a faithful hound, but if you break the contract, you become a thief.

However, this spread covertly and was not avowed, so those who do not know what habits mercenaries have often make mistakes.

As with my employees and subordinates, the mercenary is also trying to save my property by beating and punching in the same way.

However, because there is a law and there is an image, there is usually no immediate retaliation.

At least before the outbreak of World War 3, they were given a chance to collect spilled water.

By using the ‘legal solution’ officially proposed by the Mercenary Association.

But what if my stupid employer, overconfident in my abilities, hires an expensive lawyer, tries hard not to give it to me, and procrastinates giving me money even when I don’t have a chance?

What if you procrastinate waiting for the mercenary to die before you pay?

Then the first and last chance is gone, and the ‘unofficial’ retaliation begins.

In a terrible and barbaric way that the Mercenary Association implicitly allowed to do to the truth that did not pay properly.

‘Power, wealth, influence, religion, honor… There are many powers, but the highest is violence.’

Even if you have a lot of money, you can’t stop bullets.

No matter how many talents there are, death cannot be avoided.

If you can’t handle it alone, get help from other mercenaries, and if it seems that other mercenaries can’t solve it, bring in other forces as well.

Mercenaries’ lives must be paid in some way.

It was a huge organization called the Mercenary Association and the favorite of the numerous mercenaries that made up the organization.

The house burns down

Property that can only be obtained with legal effect is shattered.

Only the goods are subject to plunder, and the client who betrayed the mercenary must die in any form. Families sometimes survive and sometimes die, but their life and death depend only on the will of the mercenaries, and they have no right to decide for themselves.

The mercenaries called this looting ‘Carnival’.

‘If you think about it, I’m like a mercenary who does a carnival.’

He felt a strange nostalgia.

The shrine, which was the home of the Kishimoto family, was burnt down.

The power of the family, the ability, was shattered, and the body, the source of it, came into the hands of Jinseong.

In addition, the goods the Kishimoto family collected during the Pacific War became the target of plunder, and Yoshiaki and Narumi’s life and death depended only on Jinseong’s hands, and they had no right to decide for themselves.

Isn’t it the same as a carnival indeed!

‘Then it’s like three festivals happened in a row in one place.’

A night festival where sacrifices were secured and sacred fires were lit to perform rituals.

A previously planned festival.

And even the carnival that Jinseong was doing without being aware of it.

It was even more strange when I thought about the meaning of the number 3.

3 stands for past, present and future.

3 represents the soul.

3 symbolizes divinity.

Jinseong lives in the present with the past and future intertwined, performs rituals to strengthen the soul, and tramples and insults divinity.

Indeed.

Isn’t that a strange thing indeed?

It’s weird to say that it just fits together.

‘It is said that coincidence and inevitability are only the difference between knowledge.’

It was a truly bizarre, inevitable coincidence.

* * *

When sisters A-Rin Lee and Se-Rin Lee were getting used to life in Russia, they received a text message.

“I don’t know if you’re doing well. Now that my work in Japan has been completed and I have some time to spare, I will visit Russia soon with a present for you. I’m going to schedule a visit, so I’d like you to tell me the location of the lodging you’re staying at and the time we can meet. 』